{"id":133306,"date":"2025-04-05T08:52:57","date_gmt":"2025-04-05T12:52:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=133306"},"modified":"2025-04-06T18:45:47","modified_gmt":"2025-04-06T22:45:47","slug":"preview-wwe-raw-4-7-25-wrestlemania-41-match-card-to-be-set","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/04\/05\/preview-wwe-raw-4-7-25-wrestlemania-41-match-card-to-be-set\/","title":{"rendered":"Preview: WWE Raw (4\/7\/25) WrestleMania 41 Match Card To Be Set"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WWE Raw returns to the USA with just 13 days until WrestleMania 41.<\/p>\n<p>Adam Pearce will again need to commit a section of WWE Raw to sort out the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/03\/11\/wwe-championship-changes-keep-wrestlemania-41-unpredictable\/\" target=\"_self\">ongoing mess surrounding Rhea Ripley<\/a> and IYO SKY and who deserves to be the Women&#8217;s World Champion and face Bianca Belair in <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/03\/27\/wrestlemania-vegas-craziest-matches-booked-outside-wwe\/\" target=\"_self\">Las Vegas.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A championship is also on the line that could potentially put the wheels in motion for another major update to the WrestleMania 41 match card.<\/p>\n<p>We preview the WWE Raw match card which streams live at 8 PM ET on Netflix from the Target Center in Minneapolis, MN.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NEXT MONDAY on <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WWERaw?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#WWERaw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udccd MINNEAPOLIS<br \/>\ud83c\udf9f\ufe0f <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/X3rjY10BPF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/X3rjY10BPF<\/a> <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3TaCBSWiix\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/3TaCBSWiix<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WWE (@WWE) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE\/status\/1906815023118254413?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 31, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">WWE Raw Match Card (4\/7\/25)<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Women\u2019s\u00a0 Intercontinental Championship: Lyra Valkyria vs. Bayley<\/span><\/li>\n<li>World Tag Team Championship: The War Raiders vs. The New Day<\/li>\n<li>Penta vs. Dominik Mysterio<\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">El Grande Americano vs.\u00a0Mystery Opponent <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Seth Rollins\u00a0Appears <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Women&#8217;s Intercontinental Championship <\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">What an interesting week for Lyra Valkyria and Bayley. The two meet for Valkyria\u2019s women\u2019s Intercontinental Championship on WWE Raw.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Bayley charmed her way to being gifted the opportunity by <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">simply<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> being nice to the Irish champion. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The two women will <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">then<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> team up on SmackDown on Friday in the Tag Team Championship no.1 contender six-team gauntlet match.\u00a0This sets up all sorts of potential stories between the two, but is a WrestleMania match on the cards?<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>WWE Raw Match Card Preview<\/h3>\n<p>WWE Raw morality lessons continue with Minneapolis native Chad Gable<\/p>\n<p>Gable pretended to be ill to dodge matches in Europe. He then pretended to be <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/03\/24\/wwe-monday-night-raw-results-3-24-25\/\" target=\"_self\">El Grande Americano<\/a> and competed under a mask. Pearce has placed El Grande Americano into a match in Gable&#8217;s hometown much to his dismay.<\/p>\n<p>The blatant disrespect to Lucha Libre is conducive with the past 12 months as Gable has disrespected former allies <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2024\/12\/10\/join-alpha-academy-wwe\/\" target=\"_self\">The Alpha Academy<\/a>. El Grande Americano is in action &#8211; not Gable &#8211; but his opponent has yet to be revealed.<\/p>\n<p>Will fellow Minnesota boy <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2024\/05\/29\/free-otis-the-wwe-fan-movement-for-otis-to-let-go-of-gable\/\" target=\"_self\">Otis<\/a> be the mystery opponent? Or will Otis dust off his old Lucha Libre costume and compete as El Gran Gordo?<\/p>\n<p>Or could Pearce work a deal with WWE SmackDown GM Nick Aldis and secure the services of <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/04\/03\/rey-fenix-4-top-matches-from-wwes-newest-superstar\/\" target=\"_self\">WWE&#8217;s newest masked sensation Rey Fenix?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u201cEl Gran Gordo\u201d joins forces with Tucker: Raw, Oct. 19, 2020\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WdX-pv4V440?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Seth Rollins will take to the microphone on WWE Raw. Rollins has a tough task to show he&#8217;s not a third wheel in the triple-threat match that will headline WrestleMania 41.<\/p>\n<p>Now that CM Punk has revealed Paul Heyman will be in his corner not Roman Reigns&#8217;s corner, Rollins&#8217;s place in the match is beginning to feel unnecessary.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Visionary&#8221; will need to use his imagination to make himself the most interesting factor in the match.<\/p>\n<p>Expect <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/03\/07\/the-boss-of-wwe-the-rock-is-the-promotions-biggest-heel\/\" target=\"_self\">&#8220;The Final Boss&#8221;<\/a> this week, or next week as the Undisputed WWE Championship build will need The Rock to feel complete.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WWE Raw returns to the USA with just 13 days until WrestleMania 41. Adam Pearce will again need to commit a section of WWE Raw to sort out the ongoing mess surrounding Rhea Ripley and IYO SKY and who deserves to be the Women&#8217;s World Champion and face Bianca Belair in Las Vegas. 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